Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Don't take a rapid COVID test too soon: How and when to swab
With new COVID cases in Florida on the rise, taking an easy-to-get rapid test can give you quick results.
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lack of glove changes at COVID-19 testing centers led to major cross-contamination of samples
Lack of glove changes at COVID-19 testing centers in Belgium led to major cross-contamination of samples and a high rate of false positive results, research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology ...
Apr 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Can cancer blood tests live up to promise of saving lives?
Joyce Ares had just turned 74 and was feeling fine when she agreed to give a blood sample for research. So she was surprised when the screening test came back positive for signs of cancer.
Apr 11, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Half of all women experience false positive mammograms after 10 years of annual screening
A study led by UC Davis Health has found that half of all women will experience at least one false positive mammogram over a decade of annual breast cancer screening with digital breast tomosynthesis (3D mammography). The ...
Mar 25, 2022
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Health informatics
Using convolutional neural networks to analyze medical imaging
COVID-19 remains a significant challenge the world over. Research in the International Journal of Computational Biology and Drug Design, discusses how X-ray images and CT (computerized tomography) scans can reveal much about ...
Mar 23, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
New risk algorithm would improve screening for prostate cancer
Calculating a person's risk of developing prostate cancer using results from two blood markers would improve the accuracy of screening for the disease, reports a new study led by a UCL researcher.
Mar 08, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
15 things not to do when using a rapid antigen test, from storing in the freezer to sampling snot
Many of us have taken a rapid antigen test (RAT) or have administered them to our school-aged children.
Feb 10, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chinese scientists say new highly accurate virus test gives results within minutes
Chinese scientists say they have developed a new coronavirus test that is as accurate as a PCR lab test but gives results within four minutes.
Feb 08, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC internal investigation probes first batch of COVID-19 tests
The earliest batch of COVID-19 tests distributed by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) exhibited false positive reactivity of negative controls due to flaws in assay design and contamination in one of ...
Dec 15, 2021
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Medical economics
Study: Vaccine incentives don't work, and may actually backfire
When the COVID-19 vaccine first became available in the United States, demand far exceeded supply. At the height of the vaccination campaign, nearly 2 million people were being fully vaccinated each week. By October 2021, ...
Nov 19, 2021
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